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California > 13.1 Marathon Los Angeles
Los Angeles,
CA
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Date
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Event
Details
The series of "13.1 Marathon"-themed half marathon races throughout the
U.S. expands to Los Angeles in the winter of 2010, with the inaugural
running of the 13.1 Marathon Los Angeles, an event that will feature
both a half marathon and a 5K race for runners and walkers. The Los
Angeles race will the first of eight 13.1-theme races throughout the
year, with additional races in Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, New York,
Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis and Atlanta.
For the setting of the first-ever L.A. 13.1 Marathon, the race
organizers have chosen the city's famed Venice Beach Boardwalk, where
the race will start and take runners and walkers on an L-shaped course
that follows its first mile along the boardwalk and then turns onto
Venice Boulevard. The course then follows a long straightaway run for
the next five and a half miles or so up along Venice Boulevard, to the
turnaround point in Culver City.
After making the turn, runners then head back along the route they've
just run, back toward the Pacific Ocean and through neighborhoods
including Mar Vista and Palms, turning just before they make it back to
the boardwalk area onto Main Street for the finish, just blocks away from Santa Monica Beach.
The race will be run on paved streets throughout, and runners and
walkers (who will start after the runners and are asked to be able to
complete the race within three and a half hours) will find the course
follows a long, gradual uphill for the first half of the race along
Venice Boulevard, followed by an equally gradual downhill through the
second half of the race back toward the finish line.
Race
Weather & Climate
Known for its mostly mild, sunny weather year-round, the city of Los
Angeles in Southern California typically experiences mild to moderately
cool weather conditions during the month the race is held, and
generally sees its second-wettest month of the year in January. On the
day of the race (Jan. 10), the city's average high temperature is
68°F and its average low is 48°F, while rainfall
amounts for January average just over 3.3 inches for the month.
Fees
$55 for the half marathon, if registered by November 19, 2009
$70 between Nov. 20 - January 3, 2010
$90 at the race packet pickup
Registration
To reserve your spot in the winter 2010 running of California's 13.1
Marathon Los Angeles, register online at Active.com.
Website
www.131marathon.com
Course Map
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